Our newsroom immediately stood up to the 2 managers who wrote a memo mandating that we cover “the other side” of Pride events: essentially requiring us to give equal time to hate and discrimination. We said no, and will continue to fight for our LGBTQ colleagues, family members
This memo was met with immediate pushback from our newsroom. The guidance is not being followed.
The only two people involved in its creation have been removed from any discussions surrounding
@WOODTV
Pride coverage as our corporation conducts a thorough investigation.
(2/2) friends and the community. This fight is not over. Please know we are standing up for what’s right, standing strong together and we will not let hate win. 🏳️🌈
This is never okay. How can anyone think they have the right or invitation to send an email like this??
@WhitneyOnAir
is an amazing journalist, coworker and all around great person. You,sir, are trash.
The kinds of emails you get when you work in news. He even had the nerve to leave his cell phone, address and occupation in the email signature. And said if I’m the wrong person please forward this message. Huh?? LMAO
Here’s how I looked on the desk today.
Let a guy merge in front of us and he turned his back windshield wiper on and off once as a thank you wave 👋. Is this a thing everyone knows but me?? It’s brilliant A+
“I was outside for 10 minutes and it was too long.”
“My car is on E, but I was too hot to stop for gas.”
How
@ellenbacca
and I are coping with the heat and humidity
You know at the grocery when you keep passing the same person every aisle?Well this lady was so mad that she kept seeing me, she would SIGH each time we passed. As if I were stalking her or something. Then she said: “God, you’re so TALL”. My shopping buddy hates me 🤷🏻♀️
“We need someone who we can trust. Somebody that can let us be ourselves and LISTEN. Somebody who’s not gonna try and fix us”.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Michael Phelps talking about how it’s ok to not be ok
#MentalHealthMatters
🏃🏻♀️ Ran past a lemonade stand on the trail and when the kid asked if I wanted some I said “oh, sorry, buddy-I don’t have any money!” He said “that’s ok, I don’t have any cups.” 😆🤷🏻♀️
So sad to hear about Jerry Springer- he was my mentor at WLWT in Cincinnati. I knew him as a brilliant, caring journalist who taught me so much and helped me get my first job. Rest in Peace 💔
Friday's system could be a whopper! Heavy snow will spread in, especially south and east of Grand Rapids. We could see a few locations with a foot of new, heavy accumulation! The bullseye might still shift, but at least it isn't ice!
Can’t decide who I’m more excited about having on my flight: the guy in the MAGA hat walking around in his socks, or the kid coughing her head off. ✈️✈️✈️
Our whole plane clapped and cheered as a
#hotshot
crew boarded - on their way to fight the wildfires in Redding. One guy said “just doing our job”
#heroes